Just as a note, another Irish rebel song with references to the "Black and Tans", is one called "Rifles of the I.R.A.', with the line (repeated at the end of each verse), "And the Black and Tans, Like lightning ran From the Rifles of the I.R.A." I can type the words if anyone wants them.

Personally, I find the song a bit too violent to enjoy singing it, though it's a fine, stirring tune.